GeForce 6800 Ultra and GeForce FX 5900 Ultra - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 6800 Ultra vs GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
GeForce 6800 Ultra
142
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
42
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code name
NV45
NV35
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2004
October 2003
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
1x Molex
Core clock speed
425 MHz
450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
222 million
135 million
Power consumption (TDP)
81 Watt
59 Watt
Texture fill rate
6.800
3.600
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
1100 MHz
850 MHz
Memory bandwidth
35.2 GB/s
27.2 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
9.0a
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
1.5 (2.1)
Shader Model
3.0
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Vulkan
N/A
N/A